Physiological, Genetic, and Molecular Basis of Drought Responses
A special issue of International Journal of Plant Biology (ISSN 2037-0164).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2023) | Viewed by 3663
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drought and ABA signaling; natural variation; cell and molecular biology
Interests: plant stress biology; plant–environment interaction; functional genomics; natural variation; GWAS
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Dear Colleagues,
The frequent occurrences of drought limit water availability and cause substantial losses in crop production worldwide. Thus, understanding the molecular and physiological basis for many water use and drought-related traits has great agricultural importance. As reference genomes become available for an increasing number of crops, the wealth of information can be harnessed to explain genetic factors involved in perception, signal transduction, and transcriptional regulation of drought responses. In addition, recent advances in omics approaches and cell and molecular biology techniques have expedited the characterization of molecules involved in drought resistance mechanisms.
With this Special Issue of the International Journal of Plant Biology, we encourage the submission of original research articles, commentaries, and review articles on the molecular and physiological basis of drought responses and tolerance mechanisms. We welcome articles that emphasize the approaches listed below but are not limited to:
- Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and phonemics;
- Natural variation (GWAS and genetic mapping)’
- Cell and molecular biology.
The issue will also include the advancements (new methods/or techniques) in quantifying drought responses.
Dr. Bhaskara Govinal Badiger
Dr. Suhas Shinde
Dr. Ying-Jiun C. Chen
Guest Editors
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